townish

American  

[tou-nish] / ˈtaʊ nɪʃ /

adjective

1. of or relating to qualities or features typical of or befitting a town or city.

2. (of a person) characterized by the attitudes, opinions, manners, etc., of town or city living.

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Other Word Forms

• townishly adverb
• townishness noun

Etymology

Origin of townish

First recorded in 1375–1425, townish is from the late Middle English word townysche. See town, -ish ¹

Example Sentences

As a matter of fact she might have sat to any of those 'black and white' artists, who draw townish young women of London, saying cynical things to young men in the weekly papers.

From The Pool in the Desert by Duncan, Sara Jeannette

It was a townish place, with a great larder set out; the house throughout dirty.

From Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 by Shairp, John Campbell

She was, for the place and post, a complete surprise, being a jaunty, townish, garish woman, dressed in decayed finery.

From The Yeoman Adventurer by Gough, George W.

Time was when they had been immensely interesting as types of mankind more or less rural or townish, but to-night he was weary of them, and would very willingly have been alone.

From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie

She had been a thing of shy restraint then, showing with an almost old-fashioned simplicity against her background of townish sophistication.

From Ewing\'s Lady by Wilson, Harry Leon